Overalls



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S. LASKEY.

OVERALLS.

No. 272,065.v Patented'Feb. 13,1883.`

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STEPHEN LASKEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERALLS.

`SPECIIIFICA'IIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,065, dated February 13, 1883.

To' all whom it may concern Beit known that I, STEPHEN LAsKEY, of in the county ofOook and State' of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls, which `are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a diagram of the adjoining parts of the front ot a pair of overalls cnt according to my improvement. Fig. 2 represents the two pieces shown in Fig. l laid one upon the other and stitched together. Fig. 3 is a front view of the corresponding part of the overalls turned open, showing `both parts joined together and iinislied at the bottom ot" the iiy. Fig. 4 is an outside view, showing one of the two front pieces folded againstthe other.

The same letters denote all the tigures.

My invention relates to overalls and similar garments. In these the principal strain in stooping and lifting comes on the point where the crotch-seam ends, at the bottom of the Overalls are now cut with a the same parts in creased liability to tear, and necessitates a break in the stitching, and consequently aspecial liability1 to rip.

The object of my invention is to remedy this defect; and it consists in a pattern so cut that the junction of the lower margin of the button and button-hole flaps wiihthe edges ofthe crotch-seam shall be a curve,inste`ad of the angle shown by the patterns now in use; and .it further consists in carrying a continuous stitch around this curve, from the outer end of the lower margin of the button and buttonhole flaps to.the inner end of the crotch-seam.

In the drawings,A and B denote respectively the adjoining parts ot' the two front pieces.

The button-flap is denoted by the letter c, and the button-hole tlap by b, and they two are joined together on the edges c d and c' d', the two edges ofthe crotch-seam being denoted by d e and d e'. Each edge of the crotch-seamrneets the corresponding button Application med April n, 1881. (Modelo l,

l or button-hole flap in a curve at d and d.

With patternscut on the ordinarylines, so that the button or button-hole tlap meets the edge of the crotch-scam at an angle, the stitch must end at this angle, thus leaving an opportunity for ripping, which, combined with the natural tendency ot' the cloth to tear at the apex ot' the cnt, makes a weak spot just where the principal strain comes on the garment in lifting and stooping. I/Vhen, however, the pattern has been cut on the lines which I have described, a continuous stitch is to be carried the whole length of the edges e d c and e'd'c', from the end ot' the crotchseam to the end of the joined button and button-hole iap, back again on, as nearly as may be, the same line, and then, turning the garment over forward once more in a direction parallel to the other two, to c and c. is most clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By this means the junction of the crotchseam with the button and button-hole aps'is strengthened by three rows of unbroken stitching, and is thus fur better fitted to withstand 4a strain than in the ordinary make, where no stitches pass this point at all. Moreover, the junction ofthe crotch seam with the iiy being on a curve does not give that opportunity for a tear in the cloth whiclra sharp angle at'- fords.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An overall or similar garment in wbic the lower edge ot the button and button-hole flaps joins the edge ofthe crotch-seam in a curve, substantially as and for thepnrpose described. j

2. In the manufacture ot' overalls and the like, the hereinbefore-described method ot' uniting the front pieces, which consists in carrying a continuous stitch fromy the lower end ofthe crotch-seam to the end of thcloweredge of the button and button-hole fiaps, for the purpose set forth.

STEPHEN LAsKEY.

Witnesses E. M. STANFORD, JNO. U. MAoGREeoR.

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